The natives spoke of every different clime.
Such are their winning ways: so sweet their song.
The offerings made at these places used to be of various kinds, but particularly of liba, or cakes, which were generally denominated from the temple where they were presented. A curious inscription to this purpose has been preserved by Spon and Wheeler, which belonged to some obelisk or temple upon the Thracian Bosporus. It was found on the Asiatic side, nearly opposite to the Pompean pillar, of which I before took notice. The Deity to whom it was inscribed was the same as that above, but called by another title, Aur, and Our,
אור
; rendered by the Greeks [[802]]Ουριος; and changed in acceptation so as to refer to another element.
[[803]] Ουριον εκ πρυμνης τις ὁδηγητηρα καλειτω
Ζηνα, κατα προτανων ἱστιον εκπετασας.
Ειτ' επι Κυανεας δινας δρομος, ενθα Ποσειδων
Καμπυλον ἑιλισσει κυμα παρα ψαμαθοις,
Ειτε κατ Αιγαιου ποντου πλακα, νοστον ερευνων